PSY336H1 Lecture Notes - Psychological Resilience, Barbara Fredrickson, Bummed
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Emotions: paul ackerman: catalogue all the different expressions that humans make. Can see people"s facial muscles: lie to me. Can tell the difference between lying and not. Give the computer program to tell whether people are lying to police etc. , when you are trying to lie to you can control your behaviour to a certain degree. We are good at overall expressions, however the micro-expressions, eyes not smiling etc. On the surface the friend of professors dolderman she is happy, but right under the surface is emptiness. We are trapped in the social illusion that everyone is good and we are the only ones who are dysfunctional. We can train ourselves into reading micro-expressions: glamour and tabloid magazines: self magazine. Kind of like you suck and these are easier ways to get better. No how to gain more self-esteem: paul ackerman: negative emotions, thought that the emotional system evolves is in a negative fashion.
